Rathke's pouch

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(rät′kəz)


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Rath′ke's pouch′  (rät′kəz),USA pronunciation [Embryol.]
  1. Developmental Biologyan invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. Also called Rath′ke's pock′et. 
  • named after Martin Heinrich Rathke (1793–1860), German anatomist 1940–45

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